SI List of 50 Top Paid Athletes; Mayweather at 4
SI.com - The Fortunate 50
Just saw this, I'm shocked that one, Floyd is so high and two, that Oscar isn't the top paid boxer. A bit shocking. Although it says he got 20 mil from his WWE venture which I know was doubted and never confirmed. But they put a lot of time in this list, who knows ???
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The idea that he got twenty million dollars for Wrestlemania always sounded ridiculous to me, I mean its a business, did they really think he would help their business so much that he could be paid twenty million dollars. Enough people buy Wrestlemania as it is.
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He can thank Oscar & Ricky for this.
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Oscar is the top paid boxer - he made a reported $52 million for the Floyd fight.
Maybe the people that compiled the list didn't realise he was American ;D
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Lol....he can thank US for this....is this where being a ducker, fake champ, cheater, runner etc, gets you ???!!! Sign me up.
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Floyd threw 150 k I think it was at a gym our club went to not long ago in MI. I'm thinking now it was prob just a miniscule tax write off.
I want to be Tiger Woods. Not just for the money, but because he is Tiger freakin Woods!
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Floyd got 2 million for wrestle mania and a percentage of the pay per view, 20 million was a cunning advertisement ploy which obviously worked quite well, as many tuned in to see if he got his money's worth, what a pile of crap.
Oscar with Golden Boy, his new magazines and all of his other ventures have pushed him very close to being a billionaire which he has openly admitted, which kind of beats the others by quite a bit. As someone above said maybe they thought he was Mexican, but since when has Mexico been in California, mmm, most of these things are based on estimates of published earnings, not sure these guys would be willing to hand over their tax returns for public view.
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Lol....he can thank US for this....is this where being a ducker, fake champ, cheater, runner etc, gets you ???!!! Sign me up.
Exactly what I was thinkin...
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NASCAR drivers makes a lot of money too.
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that list just lost its credibility when they mentioned floyd made 20 million from his venture with WWE
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Schumacher used to be the highest paid in the world.
Why is Ben Wallace on the list??
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where the hells beckham on that list???
the bloke shits out 100 dollar bills!!!
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He can thank Oscar & Ricky for this.
This sounds funny , but certainly right..............;D:lolhaha:
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where the hells beckham on that list???
the bloke shits out 100 dollar bills!!!
Its US athletes man, not US based! And I don't think he earns as much as Tiger. He'd get a shit load from advertising, but Tiger Woods does too!
How do golfers earn so much money? Its a shit sport. Actually its a hobby!:rolleyes:
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hattonthehammer
where the hells beckham on that list???
the bloke shits out 100 dollar bills!!!
Its US athletes man, not US based! And I don't think he earns as much as Tiger. He'd get a shit load from advertising, but Tiger Woods does too!
How do golfers earn so much money? Its a shit sport. Actually its a hobby!:rolleyes:
i know, its a lovely sport to play, but who the hell could actually stomach to sit down and watch golf???
give me 2 fellas knocking seven bells out of eachother rather than deciding whether to use an 8iron or flop wedge everyday of the week!!!
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Golfers are paid alot because of the elite ways off the sport. It is a very expensive sport to compete in, the endorsements are huge because the products are expensive. There is just alot of money in it.
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NBA players are on the list so much because they make so much. Their average salary is $4.9 million which is the highest average of any American sports. That's because of the long season coupled with the fact that there are a lot less NBA players then there is anything else in team sports.
Boozeboxer hit it on golf, and it is an exciting sport, I watch all the majors. Hard to watch much else though especially if it's like the first round of the Pheonix Open.
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Tiger's endorsement power is huge because of the cross-over ability he has to virtually any medium. To any sports fan.
EVERYONE knows who Tiger is, and generally most everyone likes him. So regardless of what his name ends up on, it will sell. It ends up on the things it does, because those companies can pay out what his marketability worth is. And it's huge.